Indicia of Innovation — North Carolina

Indicators

R&D Expenditures in the State

A detailed look at the colleges, universities and research organizations, their expenditures, the sources of funding, and the domains where they are spending money in the State.

Institutions

A look at the institutions and businesses forming the State's scientific presence.

Expenditures at North Carolina Higher Education R&D Institutions

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey, FY 2012.

The breakdown of R&D expenditures in the state and the source of the funding.

US Rank

Institution

All R&D Expenditures

Federal Government

State & Local government

Institution Funds

Business

Nonprofit Organizations

All Other Sources

All US Institutions

$65,774,524

$40,130,460

$3,704,365

$13,673,539

$3,281,809

$4,033,233

$951,118

7

Duke University

1,009,911

587,268

5,539

123,198

226,200

66,437

1,269

11

University North Carolina, Chapel Hill

884,791

606,348

14,722

163,669

26,722

73,108

222

52

North Carolina State University

404,225

174,758

78,766

101,161

44,032

5,331

177

100

Wake Forest University

204,328

172,779

6,274

7,472

12,163

5,640

0

220

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

35,103

22,477

78

12,371

52

75

50

233

East Carolina University

31,990

17,838

1,503

6,286

4,855

1,498

10

252

University North Carolina, Charlotte

25,141

19,230

1,244

2,048

1,022

1,597

0

271

University North Carolina, Wilmington

19,722

11,571

5,300

2,169

240

426

16

276

University North Carolina, Greensboro

19,080

16,530

968

246

672

664

0

290

Fayetteville State University

15,719

11,187

569

3,753

82

128

0

315

North Carolina Central University

11,076

11,076

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

411

Elizabeth City State University

4,455

4,284

65

NA

0

106

0

412

Appalachian State University

4,438

2,287

376

439

625

698

13

459

University North Carolina, Asheville

3,068

1,789

691

436

0

152

0

532

Winston-Salem State University

1,977

1,977

0

NA

0

0

0

562

Elon University

1,658

112

0

1,527

3

16

0

590

Davidson College

1,400

651

85

463

55

114

32

512

Shaw University

2,188

2,177

2

2

2

3

2

551

Western Carolina University

1,811

974

72

245

39

481

0

Totals — North Carolina

$2,682,081

$1,665,313

$116,254

$425,485

$316,764

$156,474

$1,791

Funded by State & Local Government

The Details on the institutions receiving the State and Local Government R&D funding.

Higher education R&D expenditures funded by state and local governments, ranked by all R&D expenditures, by R&D field: FY 2012. Reported in 000s, (Dollars in thousands). Data from survey cycle FY 2012, as of 30 October 2013.

Rank

Institution

All R&D
expenditures

Environmental
Sciences

Life
Sciences

Math &
Computer
Sciences

Physical
Sciences

Psychology

Social
Sciences

Sciences,
nec

Engineering

All non-S&E
fields

All US Institutions

3,704,365

167,243

2,133,890

73,818

84,821

33,600

164,970

99,140

682,971

263,912

6

North Carolina State University

78,766

3,078

49,752

2,926

1,388

321

3,048

483

17,641

129

64

University North Carolina, Chapel Hill

14,722

945

7,026

137

37

3,405

1,225

0

0

1,947

105

Wake Forest University

6,274

0

6,274

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

113

Duke University

5,539

297

3,511

180

131

47

610

0

460

303

118

University North Carolina, Wilmington

5,300

1,980

2,707

8

57

0

0

0

0

548

216

East Carolina University

1,503

404

150

208

0

5

3

0

143

590

237

University North Carolina, Charlotte

1,244

139

39

0

0

50

626

0

323

67

265

University North Carolina, Greensboro

968

0

111

0

71

0

654

0

0

132

288

University North Carolina, Asheville

691

103

140

0

29

0

301

0

0

118

313

Fayetteville State University

569

350

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

219

347

Appalachian State University

376

3

132

0

102

0

10

0

0

129

443

Davidson College

85

0

85

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

446

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

78

0

67

0

0

0

0

0

11

0

453

Western Carolina University

72

5

0

0

67

0

0

0

0

0

460

Elizabeth City State University

65

19

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

33

544

Shaw University

2

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Total

116,254

7,323

69,995

3,459

1,882

3,828

6,478

483

18,591

4,215

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